Operation Grapeshot, the Allied Spring offensive in Italy, began.
Australians on Bougainville, where fighting was still ongoing, prevailed in the Battle of Slater's Knoll.
Massive kamikaze attacks take place off of Okinawa in Operation Ten-Go, a full scale suicide attack involving surface and aircraft assets. The Yamamoto leaves for Okinawa with only enough fuel to get there, where the plan is to beach the ship and fight in that fashion.
American destroyers Bush, Colhoun, Leutze, Morris, Mullany, Newcomb, Rodman and Witter hit by kamikazes off Okinawa. The Bush and Colhoun were sunk and the Leutze and Necomb were subsequently declared constructive total losses.
The Japanese destroyer Amatsukaze was beached at Amoy after an attack by American B-25s.
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